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Carole Lombard spent more that seven years at Paramount Pictures, and though it could be argued it never fully exploited her talents, she left it in far more successful shape than when she entered in the spring of 1930.But that's not the "Paramount Player" we're discussing today. Rather, it's a toba read more

Carole Lombard's out on the town with Clark Gable...trouble is, Clark evidently forgot to bring his mustache along. What's going on here?The answer: Marion Davies.In 1936, Davies -- who had left MGM for Warner Brothers the year before (a move where Marion's benefactor, William Randolph Hearst, had h read more

Shanghai and environs, 1990. It’s purely by chance that the strangled body of model worker Guan Hongying is found dumped in a remote canal; by all rights she could have remained there undisturbed for decades. Chief Inspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai Homicide Division’s Special Case Squa read more

The Warner Archive Collection made a lot of fanboys happy when it was announced they would be releasing DRACULA A.D. 1972 and THE SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA on Region A Blu-ray. THE SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA disc has been delayed to November, but DRACULA A.D. 1972 is available now. With DRACULA A.D. 1 read more

Story of a Prostitute (Shinpu den) Directed by Seijun Suzuki Written by Hajime Takaiwa; story by Taijiru Tomura 1965/Japan Nikkatsu First viewing/Netflix rental   In this WWII film, Suzuki reveals his more melancholic and personal side while continuing his use of stunning imagery. Harumi, a pro read more

"From Hell To Heaven," issued in early 1933, isn't among Carole Lombard's better-remembered films -- it's essentially the "Grand Hotel" formula transferred to a resort on the eve of a major thoroughbred race -- but like many of her movies, it hung around for a while. In fact, it played that June at read more

Carole Lombard and Buck Jones, shown together in the 1925 Fox western "Hearts And Spurs," had a few things in common. Both were Indiana natives (Jones hailed from Vincennes), both found fame in films and both died violently in 1942. (Jones was among the nearly 500 fatalities at the Coconut Grove nig read more

The Fall Celebration Continues with Kino Lorber! DVD/Blu-Ray Giveaway, Winner’s Choice of 4 Classic Titles If you didn’t win our Twitter contest earlier this month, no worries, there’s still two more chances to win our Kino Lorber fall giveaway – this time via the Facebook/Blog ver read more

I Am Max: A Max Linder Docudrama Film Silent film fans all over the world have lauded their favorite on-screen comedians, particularly enjoying the works of legendary comedians such as Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Harold Lloyd. While each of these comedians had a distinct sense of style and i read more

vt 100 Streets; vt One Square Mile UK / 93 minutes / color / Caudwell, One Square Mile, Umedia, West Fiction, Crossday, What’s the Story, Green Door, Vertigo Dir: Jim O’Hanlon Pr: Pippa Cross, Leon F. Butler, Idris Elba, Ros Hubbard Scr: Leon F. Butler Cine: Philipp Blaubach Cast: Idris Elba, Gemma read more

Stunning image of Carole Lombard, doncha think? It's just been put on sale at eBay. But if you miss out, don't fret -- another pic, a slightly different pose from the same session, also is available:From the coding (which doesn't appear to be Paramount's) and more importantly the clothing, I'm guess read more

In the 1928 Mack Sennett short "The Campus Vamp," coed Carole Lombard, still a teenager when this was made, is shown driving a car. It wasn't anything new for her, if information from her California driver's license replacement form is to be believed.Take a look:Lombard was applying for a new licens read more

Janet Green's original play Murder Mistaken had a brief Broadway run under the title Gently Does It in 1953. The play became the film thriller Cast a Dark Shadow in 1955, and in 1956 the film lead, Margaret Lockwood reprised the role of Frieda Jeffries in a television production. Dirk Bogar read more

A Special Halloween Treat for CMH Fans! The Abbott and Costello Monsters Collection DVD Giveaway! “I know there’s no such person as Dracula. You know there’s no such person as Dracula…” “But does Dracula know it?” We’re so excited to be running a very speci read more

As you likely know, today is the 110th anniversary of Carole Lombard's birth. (I say that rather than saying it's her 110th birthday because few of us hit the century mark, much less go a decade beyond it.) I've now been a fan of Lombard's for nearly as long as the 33 years, three months and 10 days read more

That's a very stunning Carole Lombard photo, dated from 1939, early in her tenure at RKO. We know its source because of the description on the back:The same seller, from Australia, has this pic of Carole enjoying a lollipop while taking a break from work:This looks to be from late 1940 for several r read more

The TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, famously known for decades as Grauman’s, is the most historic of movie palaces world-wide, and one of the most magnificent. Famed for its lavish “Oriental” décor, its klieg light-lit Old Hollywood movie premieres, and its hand- and footprint-st read more

This past week, we uploaded the 100th video to our YouTube channel, which was established in October 2014. Today, we have over 2,600 subscribers (thank you!) and our videos have been viewed over 1.4 million times. (By the way, click on the titles to view any of the videos mentioned below.) Ava Ga read more

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: A Star Is Born (1954) – read more

I'm sure many critics would opt for Deliverance, but I'd rate Burt Reynolds' performance in The Longest Yard as his best. That opinion was just confirmed when I watched that 1974 football-in-prison film for probably the fifth time. It still holds up remarkably well despite running just over two read more